Improvement in reversible hinges



UNITED STATES PASCAL P. CHILD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMNT IN REVERSIBLE` HINGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,319, datedSeptember 26, 1871.

` in Hinges, of which the following is a speciiication:

The female part of the hinge has two projections, pierced by verticalsockets, to receive the ends of the pivot-pin that extends upward anddownward from the curved shank. The lower projection has two inclines,which act upon` the shank to hold the Igate or door either open or shut.The hinge is reversible. It is cast coinplete in two pieces, andrequires but little or no finishing, and is consequently manufactured ata low cost. Y

Figure l is a perspective view of the hinge in its half-openedcondition. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the hinge when closed.

A is the female part having4 screw-holes a and projections B B2. Theprojections are pierced with vertical sockets C C2. `The projecting lip`B has inclines b b2, the former of which, b,as shown inthe drawing, willact upon the shank of the hinge to hold the gate open, and the latter,b2, to hold it shut. D is the plate of the male part of the hinge havingscrew-holes c. Eis thel shank, to which the pivot-pin F is attached byits midlength, the upper end passing through the socket C, and the lowerend through the socket O2,.the shank resting on the inclined surface ofthe lip B2. The hinge is reversible (so as to form a right or left-handhinge) by inverting the male part so as to reverse the ends of the pinin the sockets, thershank E being so curved as to bring the surfaces ofthe plates A and D into the same plane when the hinge is in its closedcondition, and so that the hinge can beapplied without any fitting,being screwed fast to the nat outer sides of the post and gate.

The parts of the hinge are so formed that they can be put together whendetached from the post; but they are held firmly in positionwhenattached, and work with more steadiness than in a hinge where the pinextends in only one direction from the shank. The upper lip B preventsthe gate from being thrown off its hinges by cattle or mischievouspersons.

I claim as my invention- The hinge for gates, doors, Svc., having theprojections B and B2, and the double-ended pivotpin F, resting insockets in the projections, all arranged and combined substantially asset forth.V

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

Witnesses: PASCAL l?. CHILD.

' SAML. KNIGHT,

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